Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

Chapter 850: Chapter 698:

She would never let the tragedy of her past life repeat.

She turned into a small alley to the east and saw a well in an abandoned courtyard.

She took out the mechanism box, opened it, and a thread wrapped around a branch. Grasping it tightly, she leaped into the well.

She lit a firestick and carefully searched around by the light.

"Unless it’s underwater."

Soon, Meng Qianqian dismissed this idea.

While underwater is certainly a place rich with yin energy, from the perspective of setting up an array, it is easily isolated by the water’s surface, making it difficult to form a resonance.

The second well Meng Qianqian found was in the backyard of a coffin shop.

No water, it was a long-dry well.

Meng Qianqian searched the well as usual, finding nothing.

A quarter of an hour later, Meng Qianqian realized one thing, which was that almost every small alley on this street had a well.

This was a very unusual phenomenon.

Nobody drills wells so densely.

Unless, from the very beginning, this street was calculated in feng shui to gather energy with wells.

And among these wells, most are shallow dry wells, not for the convenience of fetching water.

This also corroborated Meng Qianqian’s suspicion.

"No wonder the Loulan Witch chose this place, it’s even more suitable for setting up an array than Fengshui Alley. If I were him, I couldn’t choose a better place for the array’s eye."

Muttering to herself, Meng Qianqian felt strange.

The tone of her words just now was not like herself at all.

Was it mother?

Besides being a disciple of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, my mother also had countless ties with Loulan.

The wind chime that belonged to her mother, those knowledges about witchcraft, those memories sealed deep in the sea of consciousness, even her own reincarnation.

Meng Qianqian’s head hurt again.

"Still can’t think too much..."

She shook her head, clearing her mind of distractions, and focused on finding the array’s eye.

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The small courtyard.

The Loulan Witch sat under a big tree.

The skull walking stick stood by his side, and a circle of wind chimes rang melodiously.

One of the wind chimes was particularly striking, its sound heavenly.

The young disciple listened intently.

Suddenly, the chime stopped.

The young disciple’s thoughts returned, looking at the swaying branches and the billowing sleeves in the wind.

The wind was clearly moving, but the chime had stopped.

"Wizard, has something happened?"

The Loulan Witch did not reply, just looked at a clay sculpture in front of him.

The young disciple recognized it.

It represented the array’s eye.

His face changed dramatically!

Could it be... someone is touching the array’s eye?!

"Wizard!"

A guard hurried inside, bowing in greeting, "The Princess Consort requests your presence."

The Loulan Witch slowly spoke, "Inform the Princess Consort that I am setting up an array and cannot spare the time right now, I will visit later."

"Yes, Wizard."

The guard withdrew.

The young disciple was full of envy.

Who doesn’t know that in Loulan, the Princess Consort’s status is almost equal to the Loulan King.

Not to mention now that the Loulan King is bedridden, and the Princess Consort is the Regent, with authority above all, even the high-ranking elders of the Imperial Family dare not put on airs in front of her.

The Wizard is one of the few who can refuse the Princess Consort.

When could he become an esteemed figure like the Wizard?

Soon enough, the Loulan Witch’s courtyard welcomed a guest.

The young disciple was surprised, "Lord Mo?"

Mo Yi ignored him, walked straight to the Loulan Witch, glanced at the odd objects on the table, then at his skull walking stick, "The Princess Consort sent me to ask how much longer."

"At the latest, by dawn."

The Loulan Witch said, "If they don’t act clever."

Mo Yi frowned.

There were still over two hours until dawn, he hesitated for a moment, then sat by the Loulan Witch.

The young disciple quickly offered a cup of tea.

Mo Yi didn’t drink.

Nor did he give him a second glance.

Except for the Princess Consort, he treated everyone with an air of arrogance, the young disciple dared not voice any dissatisfaction, quietly stepping aside.

"What do you mean by if they don’t act clever?"

Mo Yi asked the Loulan Witch.

The Loulan Witch said, "Someone has found the array’s eye."

Mo Yi’s eyes turned slightly cold, "Didn’t you say your array is formidable, that no one could break it? For someone to find it so quickly is rather disappointing for your reputation."

The Loulan Witch said blandly, "The array’s eye favors yin. If I’m not mistaken, it should be that Little Yin Hu who found it."

Mo Yi’s brows furrowed more deeply, "Her again? The woman who broke your witchcraft last time, nearly causing you backlash? Does she understand witchcraft?"

He said suspiciously, "This woman is indeed strange. The scout investigated her, she was an unknown merchant girl in You State for over ten years, then suddenly she seems like a different person, as if someone is manipulating her from behind."